Ola Hadi
Conflicted
darling, I am conflicted. part of me is enjoying the building anticipation of kissing your full delicious lips in just four days there is the almost pleasurable agony in the length and space between us that makes the waiting that much more intense that sets my whole being into this burst of excitement that I… Read More
Ted Washington
Sacred Grounds
“My San Francisco reading tour is going great. Tonight I read at Sacred Grounds, it’s noted as being the longest running open-mic in SF. The host and the audience, which was comprised of many long standing bay area poets, was very welcoming. Marc Kockinos, a former San Diego poet now in SF, told me about… Read More
Ted Washington
Om Shan Tea
“Om Shan Tea! What an unexpected treat. I went with the idea that I would be one of several readers and it turned out that I got to feature. The place was full of tea drinkers but not many poets which worked out great for me. I never understood the attraction of the tea service… Read More
Ted Washington
Ocean Beach, San Francisco
“Well that was easy. 8 1/2 hours of driving and I’m back in Ocean Beach, OB, San Francisco style. That’s my hotel behind the coffee shop. You gotta love a cheap hotel at the beach with a great coffee shop next door that also serves food and beer. These shots are from the beach across… Read More
Ted Washington
The Night Before
“Last night in San Diego before I drive to San Francisco. Actually I leave in six hours: 3am Tuesday, March 30. My Friend Robyn has set me up to read at Om Shan Tea in the Mission District on Tuesday night. This should be a great time, starts around 7:00pm. Hope to see you there.… Read More
News, Ted Washington
Murphy in San Francisco!
Hello Everyone, I hope you are well and are in good spirits. Puna Press is going to San Francisco for the WonderCon! We are in the small press area table # 9. The event is being held at the Moscone Center, April 2 – 4, 2010. For this event we are releasing a new print.… Read More
Ted Washington
Theda
“What a furious pace to the finish. I will need some distance and time to tell if this is as strong a piece that I feel it is. Showed it to my drawing group and my framer. That’s right, it’s already at the framer. Thinking of entering it in the Southern California Regional Juried Award… Read More
Ted Washington
Theda, pen 4 first pass
“The final pen and the flow is good.” Theda ©ted washington 2010 Read More
Ted Washington
Theda pen 3 cont.
“I could make all sorts of excuses, like I’ve been doing gigs reading and performing with the band, like Pruitt Igoe is recording a new album, like I’ve been prepping tax records for myself and Puna Press, like I’ve been working a lot, like Puna Press is preparing to go to the WonderCon in San… Read More
Ola Hadi
Mud
there is the absurd question of semantics left to wrestle with limbs so lifeless heavy tree branches gnarly natural monsters difficult wrestling left absurd to wrestle with the question of what is left there nude or naked in the muddied interpretations of ideologies, communist/democratic/polka dotted/ never powerful enough to make a difference bruised/battered/left to lose… Read More